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new league structure

i have read with interest the various comments in response to the new league structures.

i agree with the restructuring of the junior leagues as something has to be done to try and keep players playing and maybe get a few returning. the majority of lower league players play socially and cannot commit to 50/45 overs of cricket every week. shortened formats may or may not help, but it is quite obvious that we need to try something.

i think the new 8 team premier league is a good idea, it makes the league more competitive and hopefully will reduce fixture congestions brought about by the various cup competitions.

however, i am totally against the restructuring of the the rest of division 1 cricket. the second tier of NCU cricket should not be reduced to this extent. i see the point of reducing junior cricket to attract more 'social' cricketers, but 1st XI cricket needs to be competitive. there are not the same cup constraints as in the premier league so automatically less fixtures. it the more than possible that the following scenario crops up in section 1:-
14 league games -
10 are 50 overs
2 are 20 overs
2 are no results
do we really want the second tier of NCU cricket won or lost on this amount of cricket?!?!
10 teams in sections 1 & 2 and 9 tems in section 3 is fine...leave it alone!

One of the other things that was passed at the AGM which I was against was the reduction in overs for wuite a few second and third teams, and that even 30 over games start at noon from July on, in a mover designed to get "adults playing the game"
Quite how this will encourage anyone that works saturday mornings to play is beyond me, and a step up from 35 to 50 overs when called from the seconds to the firsts is far too large a jump.
Then how many players will not get a bat on a lot of weeks (especially if the top order are doing anyway well), and when they do get in it will just be for a slog at the end of an innings

10/1 nap 14/1 5/1 & 9/4 not bad price for winners ARMAGH man will prob come on say he dint back them as 2 big prices .lol going down royal 2days nov 5 /6 th great punters pack if you book in advance 20£ gets u entry free 5£ bet glass wine an hot beef roll racecard an into marquee, on the friday then the sat is the big raceday might see if the cricketers on here fancy it as the fri imo is the best day for punting ,was good weekend punting 301£ for 3 numbers on irish lottery and had tenner@34 celtic too win halftime lose full time .

Jeff when are you going to organise a night out at D'patrick to earn us all a few quid? Would be great crack.

hope ARMAGH man backed my tips at wexford 10/1 nap 5 winners 1 placed 14/1 ?

ARMAGH M, My nap is Blessed Biata 340 newbury eway sat

ARmagh. very poor card but ill try few eway

1 steel park
2turtle boys
3 araucari has only model county lass
4 korean . reserve malande if runs danger

5 fisher bridge danger lenabane
6 rockeys choice , more clarets ran well downpatrick las sat danger
7 definite class nap danger dernier

good luck

Michael. It's sad to see that you're losing your mental and perhaps physical fitness. I've seen older men than you manage to get recounts from the floor.

Will do in minute . just have too agree with micheal it was rushed thru quicker than usian bolt out the traps . Dundrum voted againest but i personally think long term it will help the premier standard but do think 4relegated is too much in one year as imo it will also lead too lot premier clubs either thru tapping up or offering fringe players the chance too join the elite .Think it was badly handled an im quite sue that some regret voting for it and i personally wish i had of went with what i was intending too do call for recount written on paper an if possible eventually logged that it could been printed out so then every club new what they voted for as fair play too neil cahill he asked as quickly as possible did the committe vote etc. ps rooney just signed 5 year contract for MAN UTD by god his agent done some bit business this week ,pps bet u he kisses the shirt in his next goal scored

DID YOU GET A LOOK AT THE WEXFORD CARD TOMORROW JEFF

David - thanks for that marvellous advice. It would have taken me to have been out of the traps as fast as anything you might see at Drumbo to have asked for a recount before we were on to the other business, but that's life. The top table wanted a result, they got a result, so fair play to them. We could debate this all day, but time I think to move on and hear what else is making news in the local cricket world.

PS - Rodders is my wife's uncle, not my cousin, I know for someone as precise as yourself, you would like that corrected for you. I know Rodney probably would!!!

Peter..

Your right one size doesn't fit all (and from talking to some senior clubs who occupy lower leagues I can understand their plight / frustrations). I speak somewhat selfishly as a player wanting the quality to improve week in week out
(in my league). I understand the varied views on this forum and do indeed feel that a more flexible approach should have been taken. Debate is healthy.

i have to say for once i agree with charlie, i just think there is very little for the teams in the lower leagues to play for apart from finishing in the top 6 of the league. Maybe an idea could have been for the bottom two from the premier league to be relegated and then the top two from section 1 to play off with the next two at the bottom of the prtemier league to see who makes up the last two positions in the 8 in the new top league.
The same would apply in the lower leagues and would give all the clubs a lot more to play for.
Obviously this is irrelevant now as the motion was passed so we all just have to embrace it.

Re Peter Whitten - I never regarded myself as being "over sensitive" but I am sure that there are plenty of forumites who would regard me as a shrinking violet! It comes from spending my formatative years at Miss Lavender's private school! I was simply making the point that for many years progress was stymied by the requirement for a large %age vote. I have in the past sat through NCU AGMs where the role of the "professional" was debated and everyone wrung their hands in debate - and then voted in a partisan manner. I, for one, am enjoying the healthy debate that has been opened but then again Flossie says I should get out more.